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THURSDAY...DECEMBER 21 189fr,TMIFREKLANCCPUbiltbedtri-Weeklyasan inaepenttent naawtpapor, lalooau-d at 106Oommeroo (or William it), Frede/iok ?burg.Virclniaa, an? ta issued on Tuetda?. Thursdayand Saturday momincs by " Tna fr?Lanaa Natvapaaar, Book ans] alas)Printing Campan? at Pragariak**yrg Virginia."Its BubesrtpttOB Tsrms are UAO pet year,?1.00 for I months, tl oants fo> * months, orSO oauts for t atontas.Its advertising Bates an for one square ofteft 1+?et or leas, first Insertion,?? eenta.and 16"oents for each additional insertion. SlO.uu persquare per year. No position gieen and noforeign (Ktwrtittrntrau or? toktn at a Uti rat*than <wr bom* patron? pay. The right it re?served to reject or modify any advertisementIs doemea Ubelous or otherwise objectionable.Yearly advertisers discontinuing during theyear will be charged invariably at transientrates.All letters recommending candidate? forornee must bo paid for to Insure their publi?cation.Resolutions of respect to deceased memberspassed by societies, oorporatlons.assoclationa,or other organiaationt will be Invariablysharged for as advertising matter.All communications of every chaiaoterShould be addressed to "THBFRBB LANCB."Frederloktburg. Va.Weather forecast for Fredtricksburg and vicinity.Fair Thursday, light tofresh west winds.The President is said to have signedthe order taking many plaoes ont ofthe classified civil service as a com?promise with spoilsmen in Congresswho threatened to withhold the ap?propriation for the Civil Service Com?mission.???a?.The passage of the currency bill toor?ate the gold standard and enlargethe powers of the Secretary of tbeTreasury by the United States Houseof Representatives last Monday, wasfollowed by a panio on Wall street'New York, daring which money wentup to 186 per cent per anaam.The most important action taken byI he General Assembly at this sessionfM the passage by the House last Mon?day of a bill imposing a Ux of 15 centsper ton on all fertilizers sold in Vir?ginia. It is estimated that the measurewill yield S25.0O0 per annum to theState. The bill was passed by a vote of 18toa This overwhelming House majorityleads the friends of the bill to hope thatit will go through the Senate withoutserions opposition. A big, but unsucoessfnl, fight was made two years agoto enact snob a law. Gov. Tyler, inhis message to the present Legislator?,strongly urged the passage of such abilLThe judges uominated ten days agoat the Democratic caucus were all elect?ed last Monday. It is regarded as acompliment to Got. Tyler that everyone of his appointees was chosen to fillpermanently the vacancies to which heappointed them.And so Gov. Tyler's coarse as theChief Magist*?te of the State in thesetwo particulars is practically unani?mously approved by the Legislature.??>???The greatest interest attached to thenew committee on Insolar affairs, whichis fairly remarkable for its strengthMr. Cooper, now beginning his fourthterm in Congress, is chairman. It maywell be seen that the Speaker was em?barrassed in this instance. It wasquestionable whether the chairmenof tbe old committees of importanceand recognized House leaders wouldconsent to surrender their functions assuch for a post of perhsps temporaryconseque ico. Rat in avoiding thisdifficult' General Henderson has chosenwisely. Mr. Cooper has experience,training \nd is thoroughly in harmonywith his party's ideas as to the treat?ment of the new insnlar problems. Ifthe Speaker has chosen well in thematter of a chairman he has assuredlygone beyond in providing a member?ship. Hitt,Payne, Hepburn, Loud.Tawney, Baboock, Crumpacker and Moodyon the majority side are a group ofexceptionally representative men, en?tirely capable of considering in thebest interests of tbe government every?ihare of the various issues soon to beaid before them. The minority sideis likewise satisfactory.*These are the views of the Washing?ton, D. 0., Star in regard to the newcommittee on insolar affairs, which itwill be seen is to be the leading com?mittee of the House, for on it are theohairmen of ways and means, appro?priations, foreign and interstate com?merce ?foreign affairs and postofflces andpost-roads and Baboock, tbe chairman ofthe national congressional committee inthe last oanvass.Mr. Jones, of this district, being theleading Demooratio member, actuallybeoomes the leader of the Democraticaide of the House npoo all matters re?lating to the Philippines, Cuba, PortoRico, Hawaii, and Alaska and Gnam.It la .-great responsibility which willeither mak-e-.bim a national characterand force or else ?elegate him to ob~Bonrlty. HIb coarse will be watchedwith great interest no? only in theFirst Oongressiooal District, batthroughout Virginia, and indeedthroughout tbe nation.Speaking of this committee theWashington (D. O ) Post says:" It is generally oonoeded that thiscommittee will be a moat Important, ifnot the moat important one, in thisCongress "The Post also quotes CongressmanJones as saying :" I think 1 have she biggest kind ofa oommlttee plum. I would rather haveIt than any other assignment SpeakerHenderson oould have given me."The Washington (D. 0. ) Star ofTaeadav evening Bays :"There Is some discontent on thepart of members of the foreign affairscommittee, due to its loes of powerthrough the oreatioo of a oommlttee ofgreater Importance?on insolar affairs.The only member of the foreign affairsoommlttee who went on the committeeof Insolar affairs was Mr Hitt, thechairman of the foreign affairs. Theoommlttee on insolar affaira will at?tract more attention ?ad be the mostlntereetlag and the one of most Immed?iate Importanne, If not the greatest, in?ahUOongress. "The Virginia Demooratb State Sena?tors and delegates are now " monkeying"with the question of whether SenatorShandsshall be admitted lato the Dem?ocratic legislative canons, notwithstanding the fact that he i Sounds) defeatedone Boy kin, who was backed by SenatorMartin's father-in-law. Day, and thatBoy kin, notShauds, was " recogmz-d"m " regular " by J. Taylor Ellyson'sDemocratic State Oommlttee.Perhaps an excerpt from ancientDemocratic history may not be inapt :In 1841 the Hon. R M. T Hunter wasvoted for by nearly every Whig in the(hen Virginia General Assembly andelected on the 5th ballot over the thenGov. William Smith, "Extra Billy,"ashe was popularly known, by the aid of23 Democrats who refused to go into orbe governed by the Democratic legisla?tive caneas. (Gov. 8mith,,lt ought tobe added, parenthetically was twiceGovernor of Virginia?1846-49 and In1864 to the close of th? war?and, thoughhe was over 64 years of age when thewar broke out, went Into the fightingand served at tbe front until, electedGovernor. )The Riohmoud Eoi-uiror, FatherRitchie's paper, the morning after theelection, spoke very highly of Mr.Hunter, merely saying, in a very mildway, that it regretted that the Whigsshould have had so much to do withMr. Hunter's election. Mr. Hunterwas twice afterwards unanimouslynominated by a Virginia Democraticlegislative caucus; was a Sem.,or of theUnited States at the breaking ont ofthe war ; was afterwards a ConfederateStates Senator, and was chosen by aDemocratic Virginia legislative caucusto be the treasurer of the State of Vir?ginia. It may be added that in directline Senator Thos. S. Martin succeedsin the terms held by R. M. T. Hunter,as John W. Daniel follows in the termsonce filled by James M. Mason, theother Democratic IT. S. Senator at thebeginning of tbe war. The files of theRichmond Enquirer, from which theforegoing is taken, wonld seem to showthat in 1847 Richmond had only semiweekly papers."There is no doubt that the next bat?tleship constructed by the UnitedStates will be called the Virginia,"said Governor Tyler to a Dispatchwriter '-We have seonred the unqual?ified promise of the President," theGovernor continued. "He told us hewould endorse a proposition to' nameone of the new ones the Virginia, if itwere not that those under constructionare already named. "?Richmond Dis?patch.In connection with the foregoing itis simple justice to say that SenatorDaniel took up this matter with Presi?dent McKinley last spring, and at thattime the President promised what isabove stated by Gov. Tyler. With Sen?ator Martin on the Senate oommitteeof naval affairs and RepresentativeRixey on a like oommittee from theHouse, it would seem to be absolutelycertain that there is to be within thenext five years a battleship named theVirginia in the United States navy.? ? ???Senator Hanna is now devoting allhis energies to one end, the triumphantre-election of President McKinley. Notonly does he wish for success at thepolls, but he wishes for a magnificent,overwhelming victory. He hopes toestablish a new record In Presidentmaking. From this he will derive hissatisfaction and reward, for while thePresident is apparently the idol of theparty, it is the hand of Mr. Hannawhich direots its policies and control??its destinies, and he is easily the fore?most man In bis party today. There isno opposition to Mr. Hanna, as wasconclusively demonstrated at the meet?ings of the National Committee.Mr. Hanna desires McKinley to carryevery State be carried in 1896 and asmany more as possible,and by Increasedmajorities. He wants to heal all dif?ferences, to adjust all disputes, to pla?cate all opposition. McKinley is to berenominated by acclamation In a conventioQ composed of aonoffloeholderaHis running mate has been selected inthe person of Mr Root, also to be nom?inated by acclamation. The platformis to be an indorsement of tbe Admin?istration. In short, the convention isto be merely a monster ratificationmeeting, its functions being confinedto oarrylng out the program alreadysettled by Mr Hanna ?Wash. Corre?spondent Baltimore SanBut will the American people ratifythe Hanna program ILive issues seem to have been at adiscount io Alabama reoently whenSenator Morgan was making a canvassof the State with a view of securing hisre-election to the Senate Ou manypoints the Senator is apparently in ac?cord with the present Administra?tion, and this handicapped his elo?quence to a distressing extent. SinoeCongress met, Mr Morgan is reportedto have described the oampaign he con?ducted la a characteristic way. Talk?ing over the situation with PresidentMcKinley, he is represented to havesaid: "Mr. President, I was in favor ofthe war with Spain, and I oould notattack yon on that score. I am an ex?pansionist and have no quarrel withyou on that issue. I am also not op?posed to sound money." This frankadmission seems to bave stunned tbePresident, bat after a while he recov?ered and inquired: "Well, Senator,what did you find to talk about inyour campaign?" "Oui" replied theSenator, "I gave the carpetbaggers-1" If the Senator had worked"The Missouri Oompramise" or theMexican War into hla camoaiirn hemight bave been able to make a "cor?ner" on anoient issues. It is a pity,however, that a man who is as fond oforatorical battles as Mr. Morgan shouldbe limited, like Ancient Pistol, to cut?ting off the heads of dead soldiers ?Baltimore Sun.The dipping leads The Free Lanoe torepeat what it has before said, Tir.,that, save in name, Senator Morgan,of Alabama, is practically a Republi?can. And he is not the only SouthernDemocrat who seems tobe hankering after Republicanism and "other issues."Christ Episcopal Church. Richmond,was broken into Saturday night andthe altar pillaged. The thieves carriedoff the silver alms plates, four in num?ber, which had been presented to theoboroh by the ladles ; the large silveralms reoelrer, two sets of prayer books,hymnals from the chancel, a table coverfrom the vectry-room and the olcok fromthe Bundey-sohool room.THE VISQINIA LE?ISLATUEHon. Thomat S. Martin Elected to BuHlmtelf In United Stattt SenateMonday among the House bills pwere the following :Relating to the eignlng, heretofchereafter, of certain obligations byporations as surety, through dul;thorlzed agents or attorneys inwithout the ure of corporate seal,declaring the force and effeot osame.Giving oocrts of law jurisdictionsuits on lost past due bonds, noteother written evidence of debt, amabling said courts to ?eqnire the \m whose favor the judgment marendered to execute proper indemiing bond before exeoutlon is issue?To legalize primary eleotlonsconventions in the county of Uolp?To amend and re-enact sectioni26, and 40 of an act entitled In aiprovide for working and keeping irder the pnblio roads of GreeneMadison, approved March 5, I8MAmong the Senate bills passedone to amend an act to provide forappointment of speoial prosecutingtorneys In proper cases.MARTIN RE-ELBCTBD.The election Tuesday of Hon. ThoS. Martin to suooeed himself inUnited States Senate passed off withincident. There were few spectatortbe Senate and fewer In the Hou*hear the speeches nominating that gtit-man. In the Sen-ate Mr. Martin 'nominated by Mr. Flood, of Appont'x.and in tbe House by Speaker Saders, of Franklin. Tbe only featununusual interest in connection withelection was the fact that the indepeent members who are not yet admitto the Democratic oaucus tupporMr. Martin Senator Shands.of Souampton, said that he was for GoverTyler, but that as the nominee ofcaucus he would support Mr. MartIn tbe House Mr. IViwell, of Bruwick, another applicant for admiss:to the oaucus, followed Mr. Shanexample. Mr. Dinwiddie, tbe oiRepublican m the Senate, refrairfrom voting.There was an interesting discussiin the Senate to pass by tbe House timposing a tonnage tax of 15 cents |ton on fertilizers. Mr. Flood, of Apomattox, led the fight for the bill.his remark? be said that it was undistood that the House did not proposeadjourn for Christmas recess until ttmeasure was passed. Mr. Wiokhaito opposing receding from tSenate amendment to the recess retlotion, said be did not proposebe forced into such a position by ttconoeded position of the Honte. Tquestion of receding was lost by a rltng vote of 23 to 5. It was explainthat it is important to enaot a law bfore January 1. Otherwi?e the Stawould lose ?rj.000 in tonnage tax. Tlpassage of this bill will give the Dpartaient of Agriculture a fund tumcleito enable Commissioner Koiner to ???ff-jotive work for the farmers of thState. With the money which thmeasure will give his department, thgentleman expects to put it on a footicwhich will compare favorably wilthat of other Southern States. He e:pects to be able uot only to furnish tifarmers with valuable lnformatlcwhich they obtain in other progressifStates, but to do much In the way ?attracting a desirable class of immlgrants to Virginia Of late years nattention has been paid to this subjectA dosen or so years ago some effort wsmade in this direction, but for want cmoney, little? was ever done. MiKoiner is constantly in reoeipt of lettere from the Western and Northwestern States, asking for printed mattermaps and other information and datiabout Virginia, which, with themonejallowed bis department, the Commistioner has found it impossible to supply. The bill will yield a fund sufficient to enable the Department of Agr(culture to inaugurate many reformialong this and other important lines,whioh have been found advantageouiin other States.The two houses Tuesday passed iresolution suspending the bond tax oefertilizers The friends of the tonnagetax had this action taken to force avote in th-i Senate before the adjourn?mentThe epileptic Commission appointedby the Legislature two years ago metin Richmond Tuesday night. A billwas agreed, upon whioh is to be intro?duced in tbe Legislature after tbeChristmas holidays making an appro?priation of $05.000 for establishing andmaintaning an institution for twoyears. There are to be five direotcrs,two to be appointed by the Presidentof the Senate, two by the Speaker ofthe House and one by tbe Governor.The bill dees not indicate, nor has tbecommission agreed upon a site for tbeprosposed institution Senator LeOato,of Acoomao, is chairman of this com?mission.The Great Family Medicine of theAge l?For sore throat, gargle the throatwith a mixture of Pain Killer andwater, and the relief is Immediate,andcure positive. It should not be forgot?ten that the Ptain-Ktller is equally asgood to take internally as to use exter?nally. Avoid substitutes, there is bntone Pain Killer, Perry Davis'. Prioe25c. and 50c.Judge McCabe for Congreii.The Enterprise newspaper publishedat Hamilton, Loudoun county, in itslast Issue says :Look the entire Distriot over andwhere will yon find an orator superiorto MoOabe? By what standard shallwe measure a man? Take any test andtell as wherein McCabe is lacking?Asan officer, as an orator, as a lawyer hemeasures op with the best.? ? ? ?Let the people of the grand old coun?ty come together and again send asolid delegation to the nominating con?vention for Judge McCabe, and againask oar Democratic brethren of theEighth District to give Loudoun thenomination as a just and appropriaterecognition of the claims of a oountythat through all these years has neverwavered in her loyal support of theparty and its nominees.Londonn bas not had the Congress?man for more than fifty years IMr. Bacon, of Georgia, has introd?uced in tbe U. S. Senate a resolutiondeclaring that it is not policy of theUnited States to maintain permanentsovereignty or control over the Phil?ippines. The resolution embodies tbeviews of the minority of tbe Senate.Excitement ?n HewYork Stock market.QVEBSPECULATION'S HARVEST.CUarlni-House Association Rushes to th?Rescue and Secretary Oage Also Decide?to Help.New York, Dec. 18.?This was a dayof disturbance at all financial centres,domestic and foreign.The tightness of money In all mar?kets was actoely felt, large failureswere announced and security valuesmelted under tbe strain of forced liquida?tion to an extent that hardly seemedoreditable a few weeks ago. Appre?hension and nervousness permeated allbusiness Interests,The Secretary of the Treasury gavetemporary relief first, by agreeing toanticipate a year's interest on Govern?ment bonds at a small rebate, and later,when the situation became more acute,by offering to buy i2.->,000,000 of Gov?ernment bonds at the market prioe.These are makeshifts, and bo proved, asthe relief was not of a permanent char?acter.Finally came the trouble in SouthAfrioa. England was urgently in needof gold, and so adjusted her monetaryconditions as to draw It to Londonfrom nearly all ??natters. This coontry being a heavy creditor, It was notthought gold could be drawn hence,buton last Saturday upwards of $'2,(X)0,000were sent out, and it is confidently ex?pected that more will go this weekThe fact, as Is stated, that there la noprofit in tbe shipment of gold at thepresent rate of exchange made no dif?ference. It was urgently needed onthe other Bide, and it went.While It was hoped that the overspeculation would not result disastrous?ly, events today proved that, like allunstable and uncertain ventures basedon fictitious values, it most have anend.MOSEY OT TO lb? PIB CENT.Panic conditions developed on tbeStock Exchange in the afternoon withthe imperative need of money developedby the violent contraction of valuesStocks were being thrown over withoutregard to the prioe and at heavy sacri?fice of values.Ko end to the helplessness of the sit?uation seemed in sight, when, in thelast half hour of the market some $10.000,000 was offered on the exchange bythe concerted action of the clearing?house banks to force the rate for moneyarbitrarily down to 6 por cent. Moneyhad previously loaned as high as 186per cent, on call loans.The oollap-e in the in iney rate check?ed tbe decline in stocks and the recov?eries were almost as violent as tbe de?clines had been, but the losses were byno means entirely retrieved Lugeofferings of stocks continued at therally, and at some points of the listprioes broke anew before the close,making the dosing exceedingly irregu?lar and unsettled. Tbe excitement con?tinued to the end, with sentimentlooking forward anxiously for the de?velopment of another day.The seriousness of the crisis has call?ed forth the best efforts of powerful andconservative financial interests, whichare busy concerting measures to tideover the money difficultiesSOME OK THE LOMAn idea of the severity of losses maybe gained from a few specificationsThus, American Tobacco fell an ex?treme 21'.., Metropolitan 20-4, Pe-pie'sGas 14, Sugar 13-8. Continental Tobac00411^. Tennessee Coal 17, Manhattan9 and Leather preferred '?\. all in thelist of industrials.In the railroad list snoh stocks asNew York Centrai, Great Northernpreferred, Rock Island, Southern Paci?fic, the Union Pacifies, the NorthernPacifies, Atohison preferred, and, infact, the most prominent and activerailroad stocks in the whole list showedlosses all the way from 1 to 9 points.The rallies, with the final offeringsof the money rate down to 6 per cent ,ran from 5 to 10 points. The day'stransactions ran up to a point of nearly1,650,(300 shares.which is the record fora day's business. The excitement wasIntense all day.THE PRODUCE KXCHAV8ETrust company, with liabilities of$11,649,600 and assets of $11,719,000,was compelled to sa ?pendHenry Allen & Co., bankers andbrokers, also suspended.Tbe suspension Is attributed to thefailure of some of the firm's ouitomersto respond to calls for additional mar?gins made necessary by recent declines.STOCKS HOB UP AiiAIN.N9W York, Deo 10. ?There wjs aoomplete revolution of seotimeut inWall street today.The latter part of the Stock Ex?change's session witnessed somethinglike a panio among those who had beenaotive in depressing values and whowere now making frantic efforts to se?cure stocks which they had sold at low?er prices.The professional traders bid up pricesto take the market away from the bearelement. Many operators who hadrntherlessly sacrificed their holdings inthe pandemonium of yesterday werealso eager buyers, in the hope of re?trievlng losses.The announced determination of theSecretary ot the Treasury to IncreaseGovernment deposits in depositorybanks gave promise of relief from thestart, and funds estimated at $7,000.000 became available from this sourcebefore the market closed.Under the Influence of this abundancetbe panio rates for money were at notime approached, but the demands forloan? made inroads on the supply withseemingly insatiable appetite. Therate went to 25 per cent , but steadilydeolined from that figure nnder theoffering of suooessive millions nntil itwas forced down to 6 par cent., and inthe late afternoon fell to %%, 5, 3 andat last to 3 per cent.At Newport News Sunday nlgbt anattempt was made to shoot Rev. T. T.Mackay, pastor of the ?Second BaptistChurch. Two men were arrested andbailed. This affair is believed to bethe outcome of the senstational chargesbrought against Mr. Mackay regardinghis oonduct ?toward a female member ofhis flock,The Philippines.While the Republicans in the Houselast Monday were sounding the keynoteof the next Presidential contest In agold standard bill .the Democrats In theSenate were outlining their aotlimperiallst, antt trust plan of oampaign.It was a curious oolnotdenoe that thetwo polltioal parties should thus be ar?rayed against each other on the sameday.The opposition to the administrationpolloy In tbe Philippines was shown Inthe resolutions submitted by SenatorsTillman and Baoon. The former's dec?laration insists that under the Consti?tution the Federal government has nopower to rule over colonial dependen?cies, but Is restricted in its operationsto States as integral parts of the Unionand to Territories intended for futureStates ; that the expansion of our com?merce has not been and cannot be de?pendent upon tbe adoption of a polloyof imperialism, and "that we are op?posed to the retention of.the PhilippineIslands by the United States, and thatIt is our purpose to consent to tbe In?dependence of the Filipinos as soon asa stable government shall be establishedby them ; and toward the prompt estab?lishment of sooh government we pledgeour friendly atsittanoe. ""lam going to thell the woods,"said Mr Tillman, in his obaraoteristiofashion, when asked what he proposedto accomplish by bis resolution. "1have asked that it lie upon the tableuntil after the holidays,when I proposeto make a speech npnn it. I want toput the Republicans apon record, and Iknow that I would get a great manyvotes from the Republican Senators ifthey were not afraid to express theirconvictions They have the power totable the resolution, as they did Mr.Fettigrew's, if they are so disposed, butthey might as well know now as here?after that they will gain nothing bjsuch uotics We will continue intro?ducing these resolutions until the wholequestions is thoroughly discussed andwe show, as we can do. that tbe Re?public ju polioy is at varianoe with theDeclaration of Independence and is amenance to the republic"??XStTOR UACON'8 RESOLUTION.Senator Baoon's resolution, whichwill be mail* tbe text for a speech byhim, is longer that Mr Tillman's, andis an follows :first Tiiat tin- i allai sut?? bad notwaged tho Spanish war for acquisition of torrltory.. 1 II.?t la receiving the cession of thuriitllpplno r?l?nd? it it not th? purpose of th?I altad states to maintain permanent domlnIon over them, or to incorporate the m inhal?limits thereof at cltlientof the I nlted Statesor to h ?id such inhabitants at vattalt ; tndth. In,ted State? hereby disclaim any dinpoSltloa or intention to exercise permanentsovereignty, hartsdlstioa, or ooattal overMild island?Third- That the t'nitcd State? having over?thrown opposition to the authority of thel altwS Stute? In the Philippine?, the dutyand obligation rest upon the I'nlted State? torestore peace ttid maintain order throughoutthe islnri'ls and to continue the maintenanceofordsf until a itthle government of thepeople ?hall hare bejn r-tUb'Mhed.Fourth-It it thu purpoto of the unitedItataa, ?o soon as order shall have been cttablath :d, to provl '? opportunity and to pre?.r.be methods for tbe formation of a Fllipliin ar.)\ernment. ' to be thereafter Indupend.ently cxerclted, " the intention being "to tcCot'ltothe Filipino? the tame degree of Iniepsatfaaoa SM irdud to the Inhtbittntt ofCub?.Fifth That after ?uch subie governmentIt ottabilihed the t'nlU'il States, retrrvlng?uch harlxirs and coallni- tUtlont as may banee.ieii, ?hall transfer to the Filipino govern?ment all right* and territory ?ecured In theUland? to their people."Suth-That it it tht purpoto of the UnitedStatet to secure the guarantee of tho contin?ued independence of the Filipino govern?ment.Ths Boer War in England.London, Dec 19 ?A fall in consolsto below par was probably due to therumors of a new Issue to meet the expintes of the war Although suoh ru*mort cannot.be traced to any substan?tial source, there is little doubt thattbe government will be compelled toadopt such a courseThe Duly Chroniole's financial ar?ticle, written by A. J. Wilson, a load,ing anthorify, says: "The expendi?ture for the war considerably exceeda??,000,000 per week, and as the treas?ury cannot hope to tell Its bill on themarket under 5 per cent., It la evidentthat the government must soon comeup m the market for money. "The Daily Mail's financial expertsay?? : "It is no secret that some of thebig firms were helped over at the lastsettlement, and there was much forcedselling of stock yesterday, with theevident idea of not maintaining afalse position any longer. The lastaccount of the year will bring a crop offailures. This is inevitable, but it isunwise to plaoe reliance on absurd in?ventions or to consider that, becausethere are no natural financial difficul?ties arising out of dear money and lowprlcet, there must necessarily be a realfinancial critts. Tbe rash speculatorhas much to tremble about, but thereal stockholder has only to sit tight,and the storm will blow over. "The Masonic Temple.It i? stated that the magnificent Mas?onic Temple in Richmond will hare tobe fold for debt. The building whichis one of the most convenient in thecantry.ooet $175,000, the money beingadvanced by a Philadelphia conosrn.All of this debt except $75,000 ba?been paid off but for some months theassociation has not been able to meetthe interest on the remainder, andstated as muoh to the Grand Lodge.The Temple Association is not compos?ed altogether of Masons, there being inits ranks many prominent men notmembers of the craft. About eightyper oent, of the stock is owned by theGrand Lodge of Virginia and the bal?ance by Richmond lodge Should theTemple Association decide that It willbe impossible to pay the debt, it is saidthat the Grand Lodge will become tbepurchaser of the buildingCards are out for the marriage ofMr. Philip Thornton Marye, son ofSUtes Auditor Marye, and Miss Florenoe King Nesbet, daughter of Mr.John Nesbit, of Savannah, Ga , whichIs to take pi.?ce at Christ Church Sa?vannah, on the jvenlng of January Snext.Hon. Frank Hume has had intro?duced and passed a bill in the 8tateLegislature whereby the qualifiedvoters of Alexandria county shall, afterthirty days'notloe be allowed to votenoon the question of bonding the coonty for the sum of $150,000 for the parpose of Improving the roads.CHEAP ITEMSFOR MENA Bplendid Heavy Weight Winter Undershirt, Natural Gray, with double shieldbosom and back, ?pearl buttons, ribbed Outffl and bottoms, does knitted god fleecy. Formerprice, M cents : Olofling On! r*ii?'?*, :>7i cents. Sizes 34 to 4?), Drawers to match, ?0 t?, -1".A Beautiful White Wool Shirt, Heavy Weight, Ribbed Coffiflnd Bottom?, j.-arl but?ons French Ne.*, one pair lo a box Former price, 75 cents ; Cloting Oat price, M cents.8izes, 34 to 40. Drawer?? to match, ?i?*80 u, 40 Kvery man who wean Uodershiitfl at all. - a . T ? _should see these 2 Lois.E. W. Steams,Opera House Dry Goods Store.Gen. Lawton Killed a? He Was Winninga Fight.Manila, Deo. 19 ?Major-GenerslHenry W. Lawton. who had bravelyfaced danger in more than ISO fights,was shot and killed today at San Mateo,Luaon.He |was standing In front of bistroops, was shot in the breast and diedalmost immediately.A flght was In progress and GeneralLawton was walking along the firingline in a driving ram He was within300 yards of a small sharpshooters' ftrench. The General was c? mplcuous ?in the big white helmet he .ilwaj?wore In Luzon, and a ll|*ht yellowraincoat. He was also easily dis- '?tingulshable because of his command- ;Ing stature, being 6 feet I Inches tall.The sharpshooters directed severalclose shots which clipped the grassnearby. Staff officer? called GeneralLawton's attention to his danger, huthe only laughed with his usunl con?tempt for bullets.Suddenly he exclaimed "I am shot !clinched hi? hands in a desperate, effortto stand erect, and tir-n fell in the armsof a staff officer.Orderlies rushed across the field forsurgeons, who dashed up ?luickly, buttheir efforts weie uneles?*. The bodywas taken to a clump of bushes andlaid upon a litter, the familiar whitehelmet covering the face of the ?lea?!Genen lDI?D AT MOMENT UK VK3T0ST.Almost at this moment the cheers ofthe American trorps rushing into SanMateo were mingling with the riflevolleys.After the fight six stalwart cavalry?men forded the river to the town,carry?ing the litter on their shoulders, thestaff proceeding with the colors, and acavalry escort following. The bedywaa put in a building in the town.The troops filed, bareheaded, throughthe building, and many a tear fell fromthe eyes of the men who bad long fol?lowed the intrepid Lawton The en?tire command was strloken with grief,as if each man had suffered a personalloss.Dewey says Lawton was'"the bravestof the brave," and Otis says his deathis "a great loss t?y his ooantry."Baptist Ministers Protest.Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20?The BaptistMinisters' Conference of PortsmouthMonday adopted a resolution declaringthe appointment by the State of a chap,lain for the State penitentiary a viola?tion of the principle cf the separationof Church and State Twenty-eightministers were present, and the resolu?tion oarried unanimously. A resolu?tion looklug t ? the a-p?intrnent object?ed to by the minister?) was recently introduced by Representative Whitehead,of Norfilk.Anti-British Feeling in Holland.London, D c 19 ?The Daily Mailpublishes tbe folliwing dit-patch fromAntwerp: "The British and AmericanMinisters at The Hague have asked per?mission to retire to Antwerp, with aview of avoiding personal unpleasant?ness during the auti-Knglish attitudeof the Dutch."Several witnesses from Utah testi?fied before the House Committee Tues?day in regard to the charges againstRepresentative Roberts, of Utah. Theyalleged he had three wives.COMRADEMo Ho DeLong,of {Vhuylervil1?', N. V , v.ho <">rv, d inCompany F, BthVerm it v,,ijnt<>en-. kj Iother foe? to tattle with :?f---r hi? .?MB the late war. H?- rseaatiy wrote:"I have teed '[-cNirrvine for iitr. *'.t c_ t /the use of tobacco and too close applica?tion to business. It gave me promptrelief without leaving any unpleasanteffects. The result was beneficial andlasting. I heartily endorse it."DR. MILES9RestorativeNervineis sold by all druggists on guarantee,first bottle benefits rr money back.Book on heart and nerves sent free.Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind.Blankets, Cloaks,CAPES. DRESSS.These are the principal articles of interest rightnow. C. W. JONES is showing onlyNew, Fresh, Clean Qoodsin every line. When buying you had as well buythe NEWEST.Blankets.One lot White Blanketsper pair, one lor Wi.ite llianket?atMe per Mir. One lot White Bl akatsatflffper pair line ot White Ulantet?. extralarge. %t $0 Vi Them- two ?in evtra bargains.WtaTeh we caunot duplicate, wtome very tine large White Blankets at $.1 y*,worth S4 sii. One lot at as 26, worth as 80 AHbought alii-ar* ot the advtijet- ?tel you are thebenaflotary.Gray Blankets,um B.N ti.ii-a.*,, ti.*per pair, and all splendid ?ralueaDress Fabrics.Ladies Wraps.JACKF.T?.One lotoi good beaverCloth at S3 M. (?ne lot of A?t. aclun JacketsatgSJO. Blthvr of thi?w two lots would Ix?cheap at S4.50, but our customers set thebent r.r ol iiI'H early buying Splendid ?to. ki : SOS Jacket? tro in IS '? IICapes.-'?.C'oth Capes at '*>$1 A, 12,20, g> 75. UM, $3.75 ?nd $4 m.KAI HAN CAPES.A genuine bargain at $1.75, nut to be taaalI fSS I ban VI.PUSH TAPES.At $1.15, $175. $3 50. $4.50. %?.;:,. f, n Tha,moat complete line we have aver ?howu.Furs.It is admitted by all ourCompetitors, that we show HV KAK the best?ml hanlsorrest stock In this market. Home I?pune, Broadcloths. Veneelans, Herges, < hevlot tit. French Flannels, aud manv other?, I Fur Boat, Fur Col lar?, ofwith trimming?. Ilraids, Silks, etc., to match. ; the newest shapes and fine quality.This tells only of a few things. Come to thestore, and take advantage of the MANY thingsC."W\ ?TOTSTEShas to show you.HELLO, SANTA !He is here with the largest display oTTOTg. IRON TIN BB4 WOOD TOYS. DIIUUS.DOLLS, HOBN8, DOLL CAKRlAOBS, WHtaBLBABKOw?, THINKS -Xmaa tree orna?ment?. They are going fast. CoBW?arty befoie Mm pick Is gone. We also call attention toour other im.-. UNK COLOGN PS Plrfg NBCKWBAR, CANDIES. MIXIDMUT8 for tB?holt.lavs Notions, Shoes, i.'lothing. Hosiery and I'nderactr, Tinware and Oranlte. AllI?n?s full up W's arc money ?aver? (o you (Jail on us. Join the daily increasing ranks. Ttieptopls appreciate the low price? and beat good?, wa treat you right.BOSTON VARIETY STORE.Next to McCracken & Bro.80S Commerce Street.Very Dry in Gloucester.White Marsh, Dec 20? The longcontinuance of dry weather has oausedmost of the mills to stop work, owingto scarcity of|water. Many wells havegone dry, and others have had to bed??epened. The oorn crop is a disap?pointment?much lighter than it prem?ised to be. The corxmuolty is gettingready for the advent of the Richmondand Tidewater railroad. One newhotel'is being built at Gloucester Point,and work will shortly begin on an?other.Sunday at Bellamy's was buried thebody of Mr. James Leavitt. a respeo'edcitizen of this neighborhood. Mr.Leavitt was s member of the FifthVirginia Confederate Cavalry, and madea high reputation for bravery.The barn of Mr Ed Lindon wasburned down last Thursday night. Mr.Lindon lost his whole crop of corn, fod?der and potatoes.R. B. Spilman has been appointedland assessor for Westmoreland county.Everything forChristmas andthe Holidays.?The osnal variety of?NUTS,FRUITS,CANDIES,CAKES, &c.All of the above fresh and of theFINEST quality. Call and see.Magrath & Chesley.jSale of ValuableREAL ESTATEIl SPOT>?LYIIIA COUNTY, Y?In pursuance of decree of ?ho Circuit Courtof Krcdericksburtr in Uoazi?y vs. Ueazley andJackson vs. Ueazley of December V, IS?*, thuunderalKned spti-lai commissioner* will ex?pose to sale at publie au-tlon in front of theBxchanirc Hotel, in Frederlcksburs*. Va., at12 o'clock m , onWMay, Jan. 3,1900,all the land of f-e late William Ueazley descrll-ed In said suits, being; a tract of about1 OU aerea In the " Mineral licit " in the coun?ty of gpotsylvania. Va , adjoints* White Halland Kando; uh ?'old Mine?, and supposed tocontain gold, pyrites and oth-r minerals Thetract is well watered and well wooded, and Isabout 2 mile? from barker's Dejiot, on the P.,F. 4P KH.Terms of .-?ale : One-third of the purchasemoney In rcaah and the remainder In twoe?4ual Installment? at one and ?wo year? from{ date o? sale, with 6 per -int. Interest thereon.i sail deferred payments to be secured by ai lien on the property, but a purchaser ?balli bave the prlv ilei/e of paying all cash.ST. ??K<? B. FTTZHCOH.JAMKM I.. i'OWBLI..Special Commlsslonar*.Virginia ; In tin ( IreuitCourt of the City ofFrede rlcksbur/x :I, Jame? P Corb n, clerk of tb? said court,do certl y that the bond r. <iulred of the Himcia' ??mi m Is? loners by the decr-e rendered tosaid causes na the lit h day of December, I*?,has bee? duly si? eu.Oiven under ray hand as clerk of the saidcourt, this llth day of December, ism.JAUiKs I'. C??Kills*.decl2-tuc*thurtoJan:i derkYOU ?BE miSTHEHif you think that your cough can'be cured by Uook'a Syrup of WildCherry and Acetone. Originatedby old Dr. Jas. Cook, It has beenrelieving and caring Coughs,Colds, etc. for 50 years.Prices 15c , 25c. and 50c.Thousands of Bottles bave beensold.Johnston & Pearson,DRUGGISTS.